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Simon Sebag Montefiore
12 books recommended
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Brazil80% Confidence
“Here’s a brilliant book i think many of you wld enjoy: Brazil: a Biography by Lilia Schwarcz & Heloise Starling. Superb beautifully written and masterly blockbuster history of this wild vast exotic country w its triumphs & crimes, slavery gold empire rebellion. @PenguinRandomUK”
A People's Tragedy80% Confidence
“Here r the best books to understand Russia now fr IvanTerrible Catherine Stalin to Putin.I did this in 2017 but still essential reading: @robertservice00 @orlandofige chris bellamy dominic lieven @anneapplebaum catherine merridale @zygaro @Waterstones”
Diary of Samuel Pepys80% Confidence
“So sad to finish this last night. Such a joyous highspirited companion of a book,a fullbodied masterpiece of writing virtuosity,a peerless historical witness,a celebration of life in dark times.& I’dlove to have known Pepys. Every day: ‘up betimes’. Every night: ‘and so to bed’”
Lenin On The Train80% Confidence
“Lenin on the Train disccussed w Catherine Merridale @Dauntbooks The Bolsheviks were partly funded by the sale of condoms. Wonderful book”
Peter the Great80% Confidence
“The seven books that as a young person made me love history… (and even aspire to write it.) I m sure u have some of yr own…. Isabel de Madariaga, Russia in age of Catherine the Great. Robert Conquest, Great Terror. Peter Hopkirk, Great Game. Robert Massie, Peter the Great.”
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